Virger
(Vir"ger) n. See Verger. [Obs.]
Virgilian
(Vir*gil"i*an) a. [L. Virgilianus, better Vergilianus.] Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling
the style of Virgil. [Spelt also Vergilian.]
The rich Virgilian rustic measure
Of Lari Maxume.
Tennyson. Virgin
(Vir"gin) n. [L. virgo, - inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.]
1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.
2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic] Wyclif.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
Rev. xiv. 4.
He his flesh hath overcome;
He was a virgin, as he said.
Gower. 3. (Astron.) See Virgo.
4. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycænidæ.
5. (Zoöl.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no
fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
The Virgin, or The Blessed Virgin, the Virgin Mary, the Mother of our Lord. — Virgin's bower (Bot.),
a name given to several climbing plants of the genus Clematis, as C. Vitalba of Europe, and C. Virginiana
of North America.
Virgin
(Vir"gin) a.
1. Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as,
a virgin blush. "Virgin shame." Cowley.
Innocence and virgin modesty . . .
That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
Milton. 2. Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold. "Virgin Dutch." G. W. Cable.
The white cold virgin snow upon my heart.
Shak.
A few ounces of mutton, with a little virgin oil.
Landor. 3. Not yet pregnant; impregnant. Milton.
Virgin
(Vir"gin), v. i. To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; — followed by it. See It, 5. [Obs.] "My true
lip hath virgined it e'er since [that kiss]." Shak.
Virginal
(Vir"gin*al) a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.] Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
"Chastity and honor virginal." Spenser.
Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis. — Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.
Virginal
(Vir"gin*al), n. [Cf. F. virginale; — probably so called from being used by young girls, or virgins.]
(Mus.) An instrument somewhat resembling the spinet, but having a rectangular form, like the small
piano. It had strings and keys, but only one wire to a note. The instrument was used in the sixteenth
century, but is now wholly obsolete. It was sometimes called a pair of virginals.
